| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Dat herinnert me aan die meid die altijd lijm liep te snuiven in biologieklas. | Reminds me of that girl, who used to sniff glue in chem class. |
| Heb je hem horen snuiven in de lucht? | Did you hear him sniffing in the air? |
| Lijm snuiven in de kelder van je moeder, Charlie. | You guys sniffing glue in your mom's basement. That's creepy. |
| Op een keer zat ik lijm te snuiven in de woonkamer... toen de politie ons huis binnenvielen. | Once I was sniffing glue in the living room when the cops raided our house. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | بشم | Azeri | iyləmək |
| English | sniff | Esperanto | ekflari,snufi |
| Finnish | haistaa, impata, nuuhkaista, nuuhkia, nuuskaista, nuuskia | German | schnüffeln, schnuppern |
| Icelandic | þefa | Indonesian | mengendus |
| Italian | sniffare | Japanese | 嗅ぐ |
| Lithuanian | uostyti | Macedonian | душне |
| Polish | niuchać, obwąchać, powęszyć, siąkać, siorbać, węszyć, wywęszyć | Portuguese | farejar |
| Quechua | sinq'ay | Romanian | adulmeca |
| Russian | принюхаться, принюхиваться | Spanish | olfatear |
| Turkish | burnunu çekmek, burun kıvırmak | Vietnamese | ngửi |